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than supplest any disaffection which might yet exist if, the comiti y ? . _ Mr. WILBEKveRce defended the course which lind been pursued by the Committee of last year when trandng their- Report, and contended that an improper construction had been put on what they in candour had thought themselves bound to state, respecting the conduct of those persons front whom information had been derived. The inquiry pow proposed was one from which he 11)014i,ht no good could be expected--one from which all parties would come out with disgrace. After some - further remarks on what bad fallen from preceding speakers, he maintained that the late disttrhances had not originated with those who were suffering the greatest distress, but with ver:ons of a• very different description. He was not so desponding as some Gentlemen were.— When he s4w the improvements which bad taken , place in our national institutions, when he saw the people advancin4 in education, and the admi nistration of impartial justice secured for the be nefit of all classes under a free Constitution, he could not despair of his country. He'repeated, that if proofs were offered of any specific crime committed by Mr. Oliver of the character describ ed, he should be ready to support any motion that bad for its object the bringing of that person to punishment. - The inquiry now called for was of so indefinite a character that no benefit could be e7.pected to result from going into it. Lord A. 1-Intutt,Tom read • a Paper inculpating. . . d , the informer, by representing him to I.ave endeavoured to exci'e those with whom lie • communicated to acts of insurrection, by all the mcans in his power. The Noble Lord proceeded at some length to defend the motion ; but the noise which prevailed in the House made much of what tell from . him inaudible in the Gallery, Mr. PH ILLIPS was surprised, after the senti ments which had been avowed by the Hon. Gen tleman near him (Mr. Wilberforce), that, framed ns the present motion was, be should not have the benefit of his vote, because it the inquiry com menced, he (Mr. Wilberforce) could see no end to it. He thought it extraordinary that the difficulty or extent of an enquiry should thus be urged as a reason for not entering into it. He briefly noticed what had fallen from other speakers, repeated many of Isis former arguments, and concluded by strongly insisting on the propriety of granting • the proposed inquiry. The House then divided, when the numbers were— Ayes 69 roes IG2 Majority against the Motion —93 'Lord FOLKESTONE postponed his motion for leave to bring in a Hill to explain the 31st of the King, respecting Visiting Magistrates, till Wednesday next. Lord.ALTHORPE postponed his motions on the Army Eritimates till to-morrow•. On the Iteport of the Committee of Supply being brought Lord CASTLEREAGH, in answer to di question from Mr. Warre, explained the Treaty respecting the Fortifications in the Netherlands. in nearly the same terms- as on the preceding night. Mr. WATIRE expressed satisfaction at findinpi• the sum to he advanced towards the Works referred to did not exceed 9,000,0001. The Resolutions were Own agreed to. The Marine Motiny Bill was read a second time, and or dered to he committed to-morrow. CROKER gave notice that he would to-morrow move for leave to bring in a 13111 to consolidate the Acts reliant; to the Board of Longitude. The Mutiny %%Tut throng!) a Committee, the Report of which was ordered to he received to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the .1-I,,ue adjourned at Flaif-p . ast Twelve. 10 CORRESVONDEN l'S. Tie Steperobandance of Opposition Oratory, in Parliament, again obliges us to defer the exceile.nt Letter from LANFRANC. •. THEATRICAL REGISTER. -Performed Last Night. THEATRE R9wAL, DIUMY-L.o7E.—The Bride of Ahydos: Se- Jim, Mr. ; Zulielia, Mrs. Mardyn. After which, The Midnight Hour. Tin,:.vr at: Res AI, COVENT-GA R,I7ENT•—(9til time), Fazio: Gi raid i Fazio, Mr. C. Remble; Bianca, Miss O'Neill. - After wbien, The Libertine. MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 2 Holland. Drre-1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and .Yersey, t Hullaad, 4 Gotteoburgli, 4 Ilam burgh, 1 Flanders. PRICE 01 THIS OAY Bank Stock, shut 3 per Ceut. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons 77iii4 STOCKS , VELVE ii CL~CK. Imperial 3 per Cent. Ann. 77i India Bond% nss. 975. pr. Exch. Bills 2d.... ll>. 1.4. pr. Ditto, 24,1 Cut's. fur April,.... 78i 77ii • 4 per Cents. shut J 6 prr Cent. N. Ann....105M Bank Long Annuities....shut HIGH WATER AT LONDON lIRIDGF: TOMORROW. Morning, 48 ukinutts after 2. I Evening, 17 minutes after Ft. THE S UN. SOLEM ktDIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT . LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1818. DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE LATE HURRICANE. It is with the deepest regret we learn this day, front almost every part of the Coast, that the most dreadful damage and losses have been occasioned by the hurricane of Wednesday last. The follow ing are the details, upon which we have no room to comment ;. they, unfortunately, too clearly speak for themselves MARGATE, MARCH s.—The East India ships Victory, Lord Melville, Plicenix, and the Ba rossa, remain at anchor in 'Pan Saud Hole. A ship, reported to .he the Marquis of Wellesley .East Indianian, is on shore on the Moose Sand, with the loss of main and mizen masts. The Franklin Dutch East Indianian is in our Roads, %i.ith loss of anchor and cable. Seven o'Clock, p. ra.—The ship on shore is the•Alarquis of Wellesley ; her Captain has just landed, and an anchor and cable are gone off to her. The Java East Indianian is off here, with loss of anchor and cable. " RAMSGATE, Mnacn s.—The Asia East In dianian is on shore on the Main. The Thomas, BELL, and the Woo Unlit, TAYLOR, ditto, and dismasted;—the Hannah, PRARSOS ; the G►ory,, GRANT ; and the Ulrilca, also on shore—the lat ter dismasted ;—the Cornelia, MITCHELL, a total loss—her Master and part of the crew drowned ; Argus, YouNG, on shore, with loss of rudder ; Minerva, STRACHAN, on shore on the Main.— , The Fly cutter has lost her foremast and bow sprit. Above 20 other ships have received da mage, and lost anchors and cables. " COWES, MARCH s.—Last night we had a gale—indeed for 40 years past the tide was never known to he so high. The Triton galliot drove out of the harbour, and is on shore ; the Naiad galliot is also on shore in the harbour. Several small craft drove to sea. . " DEAL, MARCH s.—Wind S.W. blows hard. Last night it came on to blow a most tremendous gale from the South, and continued nearly the whole of the night with unabated violence ; at midoight it blew a complete hurricane, accompa nied with thunder and lightning, during which several vessels in the Downs hai , e suffered da mage. The Mary, NEWPORT, from London to Dublin, lost her main-mast, fore -mast, and bow sprit ; Mars, EvANs, frOul London to Liverpool, has lost tier fore-mast and bowsprit ; George, Tutomrsou, front London to Belfast, lost main mast and anchor and cable ; Asia, GREG, from Bombay, broke her windlass, lost her anchors and cables, and has gone on shore near Ramsgate ; Ocean, !ABINGTON, from London to Weymouth, lost an anchor and cable, fore-mast, and bow sprit ; Averick, MANLovE, lost two anchors and cables, and gone to Ramsgate ; Tobago, WEsT- MoRLANn, lost an anchor and cable, and remains in the Downs ; Argos, YOUNG, is on shore near Sandwich Flats ; Regalia, lost her fore-mast, bowsprit, and an anchor and cable, and remains in the Downs. " The Fortitude, WORTS, from London to Rio Janeiro, cut from her anchors and cables last night, and is on shore on the flats near Sandwich; the cargo discharging. The St. Mary, BURTON, fur London to Jamaica, upset her windlass, has cut from her anchors, and gone into Ramsgate. The Dutch ship Lieve JANDROEP, from Amsterdam to Curac6a, cut from one anchor and cable, and remains. The William Bryant, UR QUHART, reported by the boatmen to be all well,. riding to the northward with 2 anchors and cables. The Zephyr, BkowN, for Gibraltar, lost an an chor and cable, and remains. The Dutch brig of war Cossack lost an anchor and cable, and gone to Ramsgate. The following ships have been blown out of the Downs, ,and supposed to have gone to the North Seas :—The Java, Minerva, Elija, Francis, and Blenheim. " Fire o'Clock.—Vic Java is all well, in Mar gate Roads. Ityß, MAscu .s.—The ship Theresa, of Dunkirk ; the Lighter Friends Deine, MUTTA.• COLT ; and the sloop Cerus, RUBIE, are on shore. Out of the latter one man is drowned. The crews of the former are safe. " HARWICH. MARCH s.—The Badger Revenue cruizer has taken and brought in the Rover Saiugg'er, pith 192 casks of spirits. Several, vessels lost anchors and cables last night in the gale. The Amity, of Whitley, is on shore on the Gonflat. SHEERNESS, MARCH s.—The brig George, with coals, was wrecked last night on the Knock Sand. " SOUTHAMPTON, MAUCH s.—The Pr ince Edward, Rowe, went on shore near the Pier, lost her bowsprit, topmast, boats, &c. The Rambler, ARM, is a total wreck near the Pier; the Kingston, WHEELAR, bilged and sunk near the Pier ; the Ant, SUMMER; the Duke of Wel ' lington, BuLmoae ; the Queen Charlotte, COLL'ti and the Elizabeth, ALDRIDGE, are on shore, but expected to be got off The Fanny, FLIRT ; and the Prosperous, have lost their bowsprits. 4g WEYMOUTH, MARCH s.—The gale of last night was tremendous; a French ship, belonging to Havre, was lost last night, on Portland Beach, and all,on board perished ; four of the bodies have been this morning washed on shore ; a part of the stern of one of her boats has come on shore, with the - word Ninnick,' on it, and some casks, with FAYLET and Co.' on them. '‘ PORTSMOUTH, MARCH s.—The whole of last night it blew the most tremendous gale from the S.S.E. that can be remembered. The Flat»sley, of and from Suoderland, sunk bet wee!) the buoys off the Horse and the Elbow : the crew took to the rigging, and were all fortunately saved this morning at daylight by a pilot-boat that went off to their relief. During the gale, the whole of the wood work of the new Pier at Ryde was washed.away, and several houses to the eastward of the , Pier washed down. The ships in the roads and harbour rode out the gale. The Lively cutter had her bulwarks ‘vasbed away ; the brig Assi duous, JiiNISINS, palled, trout one of her anchors; the brig Shillelagh bad her boats washed over her side; the Tauter sloop of war slipped one of her cables." The following is an Extract of a - Letter, re ceived in Town this morning, from the Captain of the ship Romulous, bound to Norfolk (Vir ginia), lying-in the Downs : " In the tremendous gale of Wednesday night, a ship, totally dismasted, went down under his stern, and all hands on board perished ; he could not render any assistance, but was forced to cut his two cables and run for Ramsgate Harbour, nor being able to ride out the gale; he states, that upwards of 20 vessels were on shore at dif ferent parts of the Coast." PRIVATE A,ND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. " Padts, Mancn 2.—The publication of M. DUCHASTEL'S Letter to General CANUEL (not CANNEL), in the SLIM of the 23d ult. has created a strong sensation at Paris ; every one was anxious to read it, and the more so, as CANUEL has much graver charges against him in the work of Colo nel PRIMER, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke de RA.. GUSA. The General has written an answer : all he can offer is excuse, and no justification. M. de CHABROL has also answered it, or rather, tried to answer it, but the facts remain unshaken. The Colonel has received three challenges ; he has re plied to them all, that he is willing to accept them, but Messrs. CANUEL and CHABROL having written answers, he must first reply to them, and then he will fight as many as can either prove, or will at tempt to prove, that there is one word of false hood in a work, every line of which he will sup port with.the last drop of his blood. " An idle story has gained ground, that the Duke of ROVIGO (SAVART) was arrested on Satur day evening, on coming out of the Opera ; be is residing at Gratz, and Paris is one of the last spots in the world where he would seek an • asylum. , " I shall hare some curious documents to send you by next post. Tl►ere have been so many idle reports at Paris within this week, that I shall pass them in review, and send you a correct state ment. Galignani's Messenger has copied in the number of this morning the letter of DUCHASTEL, The Editor is very likely to have an explanation with the Police, and probably not to his ,ad- vantage." The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. The next intelligence from Sweden,will be inte resting indeed, if what we have heard, upon very respectable authority, be well-founded, via. that BAVARIA, sanctioned by Russia, has determined to oppose the succession Of BERNADOTTE to the Crown of SWEDEN, and that Russia will sup port the pretensions of the son of the deposed King. Such a measure, if successftil, would be in the highest degree honoUrable tp SWEDEN, would extinguish all jealous and allowable pride on the part of hereditary Monarchs, restore pacific rela tions, and confirm thetrangnillity of the North, pro vided that Denmark regains Norway, which, con trary to the assertion of The Morning Chronicle that " BERNADOTTE never forced a Government with the Bayonet on any people," he tore from Denmark, a country to which Norway was at tached by ties of the utmost loyally And affection. The son of the deposed King of Sweden is ne phew to the Queen of BAVARIA, which fully ac, counts for the interest which that State must take in the removal of a low-born upstart, ‘vhoge history, if fairly stated, would make Sweden blush for the pusill4nimous submission which has been a stain upon her character. CITY, ONE O'CLO . CK : —A further depression took place this morning in the price of the Funds. The Market opened at 77i for Money, and 78i for the Account, but soon tell to 771. The Com missioners for the Redemption of the National Debt were served by one Broker at 771 Consols. The INDEMNITY BILL was the subject of debate last night in the House of Lords. It was read a third time, and passed by a majority of 93 to 27; a division that sufficiently testified the good sense of their Lordships, and fully justified the conduct of Ministers in the opinion of the hereditary Council of the Nation. The hackneyed topic of Spies and Informers gave scope to the usual elo quence of Opposition in the other House, but all the allegations of Mr. PHILLIPS were so effectually refuted by Mr. ROBINSON, that, on the division, the numbers in favour of Government were 162 to 69. Such a majority plainly spoke the senti ments of the Representatives of the People in defence of Ministers, and we doubt not that those sentiments will soon prove to be a fair exposition of the sentiments of their Constituents also, not withstanding all the a 4 captandum attempts of a despairing and a desperate Party to obtain popu before the time when the People shall again possess the power of chusing those who er e anxious to support the salutary measures of Go vernment, not those who are eternally on the watch to thwart diem. The light manner hi which Earl GfinsvEitol t treated the subject of I-lONe's infamous ParOje s last night, must have excited the regret of 'el well disposed persons who heard him, and me sC produce similar sentiments in all such pers - 0 06 who read the Parliamentary Report. Consi# Bering the promising entrance of this Noble man into public life, it is, indeed, impossible 11 (4 to regret the total change that seems to WO : taken place in his character. The Bishop EXETER, much to hiS honour, animadverted with: force, but with becoming temper, on this change' and we know not bow to express our own feel' ings more aptly on the ()tension, than by adopt'' ing the words of Othello : " Worthy Montano, you were wont he dell ; • " The gravity and stillness of your youth " The world has noted, and your name is great " In mouths of wisest censure ; what's the matter " That you unlace your reputation thus, " And spend your rich opinion ?-" IMPROMPTU ON , A CERTAIN PEER. Of Greek and Devotion He once had a notion, • As appear'd in each early harangue; But Devotios so hearty Seen►s now chang'd to Party, And Gri'ck to politiCal COFtN-EXCHANGE, 'MARCH G.—owing to the late high winds we bad btit few fresh Arrivals this morning, and the few sales made in Fine Oats, Wheat, and Barley, was at Monday's prices ; but there is no demand for ordinary.—in, Pease anti Beans there is no alteration: Extract from a Letter, dated Dublin, March 1- " We are extremely dull, nothing to keep alive the public attention but the project of opening second Theatre, and 1 much fear the plan will riot succeed, as the contest pro and con assumes the appearance of a religious controversy ; of c ourse it cannot he supposed that . his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant will give the subject a moment's consideration.• The Countess is indisposed, and the Command fixed for to-morrow night has bees consequently withdrawn. Yesterday morning her MAJESTY, accompanied by Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, arid ths Duchess of GLOUCESTER, rode out in a carriage; and went to visit the Dowager Marchioness of BATH. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT and Prince 01 Hesse HOMBERG visited her MAJESTY a n d 61 0 PRINCESSES, at the Queen's Palace. In the even" ing her MAJESTY had a select party. Yesterday the PRINCE 'REGENT and the princ e of HESSE HOMBERG (HEW(' with the Baron FAGRt, at his house in Whitehall. Wednesday evening the Duke of CLARENCE left town for Bushey. • Considerable anxiety. prevails as to the nature of the negotiation supposed to be going on between the Government of the United States and our GI", vcrnment, as to the Fisheries on the. Coasts 0 British North America. The subject was alluded to in Mr.' Mutsraoa's Message to Congress—but after Lord CASTLEREAGN'S unequivocal declars.". Lion to Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in 1816, we cannot suppose that his Lordship will concede to the Arne' !leans a permission to fish on those shores, or in. the Creeks or Bays of those Provinces. Several of the Out-ports have petitioned Par liament for a Repeal of the Duty on Coals coast' wise, and we understand, that all the principal towns in the Maritime Districts mean to do the same. The Merchants interested in the Trade of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were to have an in terview with the Board of Trade this forenoon , on the American Trade Bill, now before Parliti" meat. . We are surprised to find that in the outfit of the ships destined on the Discoveries, now 8° much the topic of - conversation, ‘ that in addition to the blankets furnished to the men, SKINS have not been provided for them, the latter being so much better adapted to protect them from the in' clemency of the weather than the former. The Cleat') of Mr. MEYLER, the late Repre# sentative for Winchester . , is greatly lamented, fie was a man of the most correct principles, and universally beloved. In the neighbourhood of Maidstone, several of the largest Tan-yards have been given up, in consequence of the Leather Tax. The Corporation of Nottingham has published a contradiction on oath of the statement 0( FRANCIS WARD, who, in his petitions to Parlia went, alledged that cruelties had been exercis ed upon him in Nottingham gaol. The Man chester Paper has also refuted the complaint brought forward by WILLIAM OGDBii, of that place. It is, therefore, notorious, that the out cry raised by the persons who were confined under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, of severities exercised upon them, is either whaf unfounded • or grossly exaggerated, and thrust upon Parliament for party' purposes.— (York Chronicle, March 5.) DIED. Cn Tuesday evening, the 3d instant, Mrs. Scrivener, of Clare-market, aged 7 1 . 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